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Fly ~12mm - male
Copyright © 2020 Eric P Shultz

Fly ~12mm - Male
Tesuque, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
May 27, 2019
Size: ~12mm

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Contributed by Eric P Shultz on 13 March, 2020 - 1:07pm
Last updated 14 March, 2020 - 10:25pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 13 March, 2020 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Sarcophagidae
With bare arista and hairy legs including orange hairs on fore leg it should be distinctive, but I have no clue.
… John F. Carr, 13 March, 2020 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
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After reading your comment I went back to the images and found a fortunate shadow showing the arista not bare, but with fine light-colored hairs. Does that change things?
… Eric P Shultz, 13 March, 2020 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Just read
your note on impossibility of identifying New World Sarcophagidae; never mind.
… Eric P Shultz, 13 March, 2020 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

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